Return of a Cool Office

by Meghann on October 6, 2009

Hallelujah the AC is back on today!!! 🙂

In case some of you northerners are unaware, AC is very important in Florida. In fact I keep my AC on almost year round. Only when its super cold out (like a low of 30) do I turn my AC off and I rarely turn the heater on. In fact I went the whole winter last year without turning the heat on once.

It’s a good thing the AC is working again. Check out our 5-Day Forecast.

Last week’s fall like temps were simply a tease for now. Such a shame.

My run this morning was ridiculously warm as well. It was hot, humid and sticky. As soon as I walked outside I felt as if I was already covered in a deep level of sweat.

I managed to power through with a 6 mile tempo run, but I have to admit it wasn’t my best run. The thick air left me tired and heavy.

Can’t believe your upcoming forecast!! Here in Chicago we have the opposite…highs of 50 and lows of 39 the next week. I can’t imagine living somewhere the AC is on year round…such a foreign concept for me! I would miss the crisp weather. Although ask me again when I’m digging myself out of 12 inches of snow for the 5th time this winter and I might be singing a different tune!!

lol it’s such a reversal…some states will try to avoid turning on the A/C all year….we try to avoid turning on the heat. I seriously consider it an awesome day if the weather is cool enough that I can turn the A/C off and leave the windows open.

So weird. I don’t have an AC at home. Sometimes I wouldn-t mind, during the summer, but during the winter my house is seriously COLD. After some months with horrible heat I’m happy we’re finally starting to have some mild temperatures. Oh Fall, welcome back. 🙂

I’m in Phoenix and I ABSOLUTELY understand the importance of AC! A good friend of mine’s AC died in her apartment when we were having temps around 115 and she ended up staying with me until it got fixed. Yuck!

You’re right, I don’t think I can understand your AC thing, but you probably couldn’t understand my “I will take my landlord to court if this house gets as cold as last winter” thing . . . hahaha. I’m always cold, maybe I should move down to your city!

I live in Miami and I truly understand what it’s like to not have AC in Florida. Almost every summer our AC malfunctions and leaves us without cool air for a few days until someone comes to fix it. This summer it happened back in June, and I practically lived on the back porch for like 3 days. You know you are in trouble when the temp inside your house reaches 90 degrees. I almost stayed at a hotel, but I didn’t have anywhere to bring my pets, so I just stayed home with them and suffered through it. I am so jealous of all the northerners with their nice cool fall temperatures right now!

haha, I’m so jealous of your temperatures! I don’t have AC at home (I’m in Toronto and their were only a couple of days this summer when it would have been nice, but not really necessary). I wonder how cooler vs warmer climates compare in terms of utility bills. Maybe it would balance out with some of us using more heat and some using more AC – my bill is 3x higher in the winter because of the heat